Call Building
Elevated view looking northwest across 3rd St. to Market. Call Building, Magee Building with Owl Drug Co., Mutual Savings Bank Building. 450 Sutter Building, Mark Hopkins Hotel in distance.
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Mayor Rossi Inauguration
Inauguration ceremony for Angelo Rossi in Board of Supervisors chamber at City Hall. [Rossi Inaugurated Mayor] [DPW A2832]
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Market near Mason
Elevated view northeast across Market Street to Dean Building (demolished 2018), Rainbow Tavern, Maxferd's Diamonds, Jewelry, Native Sons (Admission Day) Monument, Hotel Oxford, Mechanics Savings Bank Building with Bank of America signage, Davies Theatre, College Inn, Flood Building at right.
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Market, Mason & Turk
View westerly across Mason, Turk Street at right, Market Street at left. St. Francis Theater at left, Wilson Building, Hale Bros. Building, David Hewes Building. The Dean Building on the gore at center, though deemed historically significant, was demolished in 2020. United Cigar Store, Dolly Madison Chocolates, Maxferd's Pawn Shop, Rainbow Tavern. Birdcage traffic signal.
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Union Square
Elevated view looking southeast across Union Square from Post & Powell Streets.
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Union Square
Elevated view looking northwest from Geary & Stockton Sts. Dewey Monument at center.
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3rd from Market
Elevated view south on 3rd Street from Market Street. Ad on Examiner Building for Bay Bridge souvenir edition. Call Building on right with Owl Drug Co. in corner retail space. United Cigar Store, Hotel King with Hotel Doric sign on side, Kane's Log Cabin Dairy Lunch Cafeteria, Aronson Building in center distance, Market St. Railway Co. (MSRy) 6 and 15-Line streetcars. [DPW A4957]
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Skyline from SF Bay
Downtown San Francisco as seen from the deck of a ferryboat on San Francisco Bay. On top of the Ferry Building (center) is a sign that reads 'Golden Gate Bridge Fiesta May 27 - June 2' celebrating opening of the Golden Gate Bridge.
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View up Market
Elevated view west down Market Street from the Ferry Building tower. [DPW A5949], Pacific Telephone Building , Southern Pacific Building on left, Fisk Building with Mobilgas sign atop Fife Bulding, Shell Building, Standard Oil Building, Mills Tower, Russ Building, 57 Sign on right.
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Skyline from Nob Hill
Hunter-Dulin and Hobart buildings at center. Post Street runs through the middle. Taken from the St. Francis Hotel, Union Square in foreground. Whittell Building at right
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Powell & Market
View west to Market Street Railway Cable Car turntable, Eddy St. in background; Car #520, Washington & Jackson Streets line
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Powell & Geary
View west on Powell to Union Square, Fitzhugh Building, Sir Francis Drake Hotel, 450 Sutter
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Market & Grant
View north across Market to American Trust Company, Fire engine, Union Trust Bank
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Powell & Market
Cable car turntable, Owl Drug Company. Cable car MUNI #515
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Top of the Mark
Grace Cathedral, Huntington Park, fog coming in through Golden Gate, Clay-Jones Apartments with radio transmission tower atop (1930, architect Albert Larsen), 1360 Jones apartments (William Schirmer architect, 1928), Palace of Fine Arts.
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Top of the Mark
View northwest to thick fog coming in through Golden Gate. Palace of Fine Arts in distance left. Marin Headlands and Mt. Tamalpais. Clay-Jones Apartments (1930, architect Albert Larsen) with radio tower on top. Clay-Jones Apartments with radio tower atop, 1360 Jones apartments (William Schirmer architect) opened 1928. At far left, Chambord Apartments at Sacramento and Jones. Grace Cathedral with bell tower at lower left.
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Powell & Market
View south to Washington and Jackson Line, Municipal Railway (Muni) Cable Car #527 on turntable. Hales, Emporium in background.
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Market, Davis, & Pine
View northeast to approaching Muni L-Line #116. Oceanic Building at left. Hansford Building 268 Market (1908), Glenwood Building and Fife Building (1909, demolished 1966) at right. Birdcage traffic signals. Same image as wnp27.50374.
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5th & Market
View northeast across 5th street to 12-Line Muni #838, passengers boarding another streetcar. In background, Hale Bros. department store. Gray's Suits, Len's Lunchette in Douglas Building (later demolished for Hallidie Plaza), Bank of America headquarters (One Powell St.). Female Muni conductor. [5327]
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Top of the Mark
View north to Park Lane Apartments, Brocklebank Apartments, Alcatraz, Angel Island, Russian Hill. Gas storage tank at foot of Powell Street.
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